Loose-leaf file



0ct. 1.3, 1.931. R. R! WEBB LOOSE LEAF FILE 1930 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Filed Dec.

A Lesaaazeewl- Oct. '13,' 1931. R. R. wEBB 1,827,273

LOOSE LEAF FILE Filed Dec. l. 1930 i 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Y v This invention relateslqtojloose-lea-f files/fof.v

' ymeter-reading 'sl-ips: andlike papers s p In'lingineter-read Patented 13,'7. p

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the type useful, rfor example, for 'holding Vng slips;A t* -slo'ten desi'red'to place-"some of the lslips'gin' y"diffe-rent angular vpositions relative `to' vothers of v,the slips.'Y One position ofthe/slips may' indi-f i cate lnet'ersnot yet read',lanother-positionfmay Vindicate meters-'read and another -ipositio'n' f may indicate a paid; bill while still Yaff'ouitli rposition may indicate ganV unpaid l bill. v Acvcordingly, a very important object of this in# position orinto a retractedposit'ion.

l lThe aecompanyingdiawijngs 5.illus vention is to make provision for vretaining the slips in different angular pQSnSLWth' v1:5 i y respect to yone another,

p Anothery important obj-ect ijssto' providefa guide that 'ca-nbe readilyvthrown into g Other obj ectsl and advantages appear inthe subjvoined'detailed desf'zription.,7,

crawl-the invention. v 'f s,

" Figure lis an edge view of aile .(krmstruct ed in 1, accordance with ytheiprfw-isions of this ,.Figure is ,aplan viewv offFigure'jl-,l'some p of. the slips beingjturned lto' different-posi# invention5 slips being shownfin4 thegfile; The coversare 'shown' raised indotted lines.`

, tions than in Figure 1, v

"30 'the line indioatediby' aa'iigurfea;

F igure .3 .'s an 'enlargedfvertical sect-ion on'l FigureV 4- isy an enlarged*l horizontal sect'ifonf on the line indicated-byFigu'reQ.- 'f y Figure 5 isaplan view'of lanother, yln 'of f file@J bodying the invention; theco'wgrand'` the clamping devicebeingoIn-itted. x

Y g Figures isafragmepaivraaisetiqaoa, Y the line indicated'by ffaFigure-. .f 'Y y vided a f base plate 6 'and 1a cover,`-saideover ncted Wifh---`am`edien`0vef @fisheries ,St-'fir 8' to whichjthecover members? arehinge'd,

Fixed inthe .base plate 6 a post' yi-whi-lc'l f projects throug'lLa Ecircular orifice' lin -the v.

i i, .K clampingbar-S.V

Theiampmgetfipe is prvideawiaia v clamping deviceyindicated'ingeneralfby'the character 171, whereby` the clamping'str'i-p The sleeve l''carries a number of inayb'e lockedL ina-,ny desired position on the 'l il", i post l9.} s Though vthe clamping 'devicekv "may f I `be of any,desiredconstructiongl havesliewn y one thathasbeen deseribedlin detail in rny ce-f' y pending'. application Serial"-No.l 453,204,551@

MayI 173 51930@ Briefly,V thel `clanpi'ng device criiice 10- is forned bya meta'lbu'shingl-Q which'vis securedin the clamping linenib'e'r, 81

Atits upper end 4the vbushing 12 crimped over a cover pla-te 13*whichisprovidedwith-aA central. orifice ll'fto accommodate a5 s'leevfl 115` :isnorniallv` held downwardly in' the bush;

inglbyv a coil-`springl6 @that fsurroundsftlie sleeve betweenthe cover plate 13a-nd eX ter-nal `shoulder 117, on ythe sleeve. Y

is. lflverfed," :eXpalndingv "upwardly so as24 -fto fwedge the ballslS'in-wardly against the .-post y9; thus clamping vthe clamping stripISl'onfthe v :post: To release the clampingstripso that? 'l itfina-yfbe slid up y'orf down on the post,fth`e operator' `will *pull thefsleeve 15 upwardly ythrough which the post Qprojects.v The sleeve n bangle that-fare accommodated in radial oriicesfl) fin-thelsleeve 15. The-bore of thefbusliinggl-Z Y against thepressurezof'thespring;therebyA movino'thefbal-ls18-intoltheplugfbQUPQL i tion of-thelbushinglZ. c

v*Eccentric'of -tliep'ost 19, therefisinovably connected Owith the ibaseplat-e 6, alp-shaped f slip guidev 120, they side arms "21l fof wh-ich are' at"cppsitefside@edgesl of the lbase plat-e126:

The guide'QQO -isl hingedorpivoted to the'lbasve'z pllate'jinanylsuitablemanner andfin 1Vthev 'pres` c ent instance,the'base plate 61is Qrovided'with'vv ajtransversely` extending channellQQi'n which i by a'fflatv "spring 27 f which extends? across .the channeiea "Thesprng Y Y u, bearingQt j ustbeneathathef underfacep'fgthe base` plate andthe baseplate is crimped ,do'vvn-y v 27 throughislcts 'in'.fthe i l wardly to form projections or shoulders 29 at the ends of the spring 2'? so as to prevent said spring moving endwise, thus insuring against said spring becoming displaced from the base plate.

The invention described above operates as follows: When itis desired to place slips on the postl 9, the clamping device 11 will be released and the cover removed and the slip will thenbe placed on the-post in a manner well understood in this art.` When it is desired to examine any of the slips on the ile, the cover member or members 7 may be raised to the position indicated in dotted lines in Figure 1. It will be seen that the slips may be turned into any desired position and that when turned so as to project laterally from beneath the cover, as in Figure 2, the slips rest againstthe guide arms 21, thereby keeping th-e edges of said slips in alignment. When it is desired to turn the slips so as to occupy'a position between the arms 21, said arms will be swung downwardly to the dotted position shown in Figure 1. The slip that it is desired to turn into this position will then be turned and the armsQl again raised to their vertical positions, thus confining some of the slips between the arms 21.

In this instance, the post 9 is' provided near its upper end with an annular groove 30 which, when the clamping device is raised sutciently, will be engaged by the balls 18, thus to more securely hold the clamping strip 8 in a raised position.v `When the balls 18 f? enoae'in'the 'roove 30 the cover ma be readily turned into any desired position.

In the present instance the facesl 25, 26 of the-shaft 23 are at a right-angle to one another so as'to yieldingly hold the member 20 in either one of two positions at right-angles to one another, one of the positions being when the arms 21 are vertical and the other being when said arms are horizontal.

The foregoing is a description of the form of invention illustratedin Figures l to l' inclusive. Now describing the form of the invention illustratedin Figures 5 and 6, the elements that functionally correspond with those hereinbefore described are indicated by the same reference characters with the addition of the suitix M As will be seen, the principal difference of this form .of this invention over that previously described is that the slip guide 20 is of sectional construction, each section being L-shaped by reason ofthe shaft 'being divided in the middle at 31 so as to form shaft sections Qtoeach of which is connected one of th'e arms Y y j Since the two sections of the slip guide operate independently, two springs 27CLV are provided and these are secured at one end by rivets 29 to the base plate 6a. The operation of this'form of inventionA isthe same as previously described for that shown inFigures 1 toa excepting that with this form either a post projecting up from thev base plate, and

a gui-de hinged to the-base plate and provided with arms at opposite edges of the base plate, 2. A loose-leaf file comprising a base plate,

ya post projecting up from the base plate, a

guide hinged to the base plate and provided with arms at opposite edges of the base plate, and means yieldingly holding the guide in different positions of adjustment,

3. A loose-leaf tile comprising a base plate, a post projecting 4up from the base plate, a guide hinged to the base plate and provided with arms at opposite edges of the base plate, the guide being U-shaped and the intermediate portion of the guide being provided with a fiat face, and a iiat spring extending across the intermediate portion and engaging the ilat face when the guide is turned to bring the flat face uppermost.

' l. A loose-leaf file comprising a base plate provided with a channel, a post projecting up from the base plate, a U-shaped guide having its intermediate portion in the channel, the base plate being `provided with slots opening int-o the channel, and a flat spring beneath the baseplate projecting through the slots and having its under` face engaging said intermediate portion. y v

j 5. A loose-leaf tile comprising a base plate provided with a channel, a post projecting up from the base plate, a U-shaped guide having its intermediate portion. in the channel, the base plate being provided with slots openingl into thechannel, and a fiat spring beneath the base plate projecting through the slots, said intermediate portion having a fiat face to engage the under face ofthe spring when the U-shaped member is appropriately turned.` p f y i u Y 6. A loose-leaf tile comprising ay base plate provided with a channeha postlprojecting up from the base plate, a U-shaped guide having its. intermediate 'portion in the channel, the base plate ybeing provided with slots opening into the channel, a fiat spring beneath the vbase plate projecting through the slots and having its` under face engaging said intermediate portion, and projections from the under face of the. base plate engaging the spring to prevent endwise displacement of the spring. V

- 7. lA loose-leaf iile comprising a base plate, a post projecting'up from the base plate, and a guide hinged to the base plate and provided with an arm adjacent to one edge of the base plate.

8. A loose-leaf file comprising a base plate,'1. a post projecting up from the base plate, a guide hingedto the baseplate and provided with an arm 'adjacent to one edge of the base plate, and means yieldingly holding the guide inl differentpositions `of adjustment. j

9. A loose-leaf file comprising a base plate,

a post projecting up from. the 'base plate, a cover slidably mounted on the post, and a hold the arm upright adjacent to one edge or" plate and provided With anzarm 'adjacent to'rv guide hinged to thebase plate and provided with an arni adjacent to oneedgeof the base plate, said guide 'movable into'position 'to the cover. e Y

10. A loose-.leaf file comprising a base plate, a post .projecting fup from the base plate, a guide hingedly engaged'in the base one edgev of the baseplate, the hingey portion oi `said'guide,providedfvvith a iat face, and

a fiat spring extending beneath the base plate l and` across the l'a't face.

ll. A loose-leaffile comprising a base plate, a post proj ectedA up from the base plate, and a plurality of guides each independently hinged to the baseplate,eand each providy I ed With an ar1n,saidvarms being adjacent to l oppositev edges of the base plate.l

l2'. A loose-leaf'tile comprising vajbase plate provided With a channel,a post projecting up from'tliebas'e plate, L-shapedguides mounted to turn in the channel, the base plate being provided With slots opening'intothe 21st day of November, 1930. f n .j y V ROBERT R. `WEBB- channel, and flat springs beneath the base plate projecting through the slots one for each guide and having their .underfaces engaging` the associated guides to yieldingly hold-A said guides against turning. ,n

Signedv at Los Angeles,7

California, 

